Inside the course that will host Paris 2024 golf featuring Lowry an McIlroy

SHANE Lowry and Rory McIlroy are set to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games for Ireland in France.

The pair have qualified for to represent Ireland in the singles competition that will be held in Paris.

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The pair won the Zurich Classic team event earlier this season on the PGA Tour but they will be battling against one another for podium places at La Golf National.

The golf course located in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris, and It is renowned for its challenging layout and has hosted numerous prestigious golf tournaments.

One of those events was the Ryder Cup in 2018, Rory McIlroy was in the winning European side that prevailed under Thomas Bjorn against Jim Furyk’s American side by 17¹⁄₂ points to 10¹⁄₂.

Le Golf National has also been the primary venue for the French Open (now the Open de France), a European Tour event, since 1991.

The Albatros course has been frequently used for France’s number on pro golf event.

Both Irish representatives have played at the Open de France on the course a number of times, and are familiar with the track.

Offaly star Lowry has mixed results on the course from past French Opens when he was on the DP World Tour.

Lowry, who finished 22^nd at Tokyo 2020, told pgatour.com earlier this season the the Paris Games is a priority.

The 2019 Open winner said: “I’m excited about going with a chance to win an Olympic medal.

“That would be something very special.”

“Ireland has not won a ridiculous amount of medals over the years, so to be able to bring a medal back to Ireland would be very cool.

“I’ve done some really cool things in golf and that would be definitely up there.”

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy finished 4th at the Games in Japan in 2021.

COURSE STATS & DESIGNER

Hubert Chesneau and Robert Von Hagge’s designed a links-style course with significant water features, undulating fairways, and challenging greens.

Albatros Course: The flagship course at Le Golf National is widely regarded as one of the best championship courses in Europe.

Length: Approximately 7,247 yards (6,628 meters)

Par: 71

OLYMPIC FIELD

1. Scottie Scheffler — United States of America

2. Rory McIlroy — Ireland

3. Xander Schauffele — United States of America

4. Ludvig Åberg — Sweden

5. Wyndham Clark — United States of America

6. Viktor Hovland — Norway

7. Collin Morikawa — United States of America

8. Jon Rahm — Spain

9. Hideki Matsuyama — Japan

10. Tommy Fleetwood — Great Britain

11. Matthew Fitzpatrick — Great Britain

12. Matthieu Pavon — France

13. Sepp Straka — Austria

14. Jason Day — Australia

15. Tom Kim — Korea

16. Byeong Hun An — Korea

17. Shane Lowry — Ireland

18. Nick Taylor — Canada

19. Min Woo Lee — Australia

20. Corey Conners — Canada

21. Christiaan Bezuidenhout — South Africa

22. Stephan Jaeger — Germany

23. Nicolai Højgaard — Denmark

24. Thomas Detry — Belgium

25. Emiliano Grillo — Argentina

26. Alex Noren — Sweden

27. Ryan Fox — New Zealand

28. Erik van Rooyen — South Africa

29. Adrian Meronk — Poland

30. Victor Perez — France

31. Keita Nakajima — Japan

32. Thorbjørn Olesen — Denmark

33. Alejandro Tosti — Argentina

34. Joaquin Niemann — Chile

35. Sami Valimaki — Finland

36. Kevin Yu — Chinese Taipei

37. David Puig — Spain

38. Matti Schmid — Germany

39. C.T. Pan — Chinese Taipei

40. Joost Luiten — Netherlands

41. Carl Yuan — China

42. Camilo Villegas — Colombia

43. Matteo Manassero — Italy

44. Adrien Dumont de Chassart — Belgium

45. Daniel Hillier — New Zealand

46. Cristobal Del Solar — Chile

47. Guido Migliozzi — Italy

48. Shubhankar Sharma — India

49. Rafael Campos — Puerto Rico

50. Darius Van Driel — Netherlands

51. Carlos Ortiz — Mexico

52. Kiradech Aphibarnrat — Thailand

53. Gavin Green — Malaysia

54. Gaganjeet Bhullar — India

55. Nico Echavarria — Colombia

56. Kris Ventura — Norway

57. Phachara Khongwatmai — Thailand

58. Abraham Ancer — Mexico

59. Zecheng Dou — China

60. Fabrizio Zanotti — Paraguay